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Portland Observer, February 6, 1965, Page 7 ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK Jot KBOO Heart ' Keller, Entertainment Editor 9O .7 im I * Listener-Sponsored Community Radio * Mardi Gras Costume Ball * Linda Tillery's back in town Linda Tillery la th e kind of p e rfo rm er w h o arrives c o m p le te w ith status and reputation the first tim e you hear her. She will be arriving In Portland, February 8. to help A W om en's Place Bookstore celebrate their 12-yeer ennlversary. Tillery began her singing career at the height of th e San Francisco rock music explosion. She hea shared the bill w ith telents such es John Meyell. Arlo Guthrie, Chuck Berry. Buddy M iles, J e ff Beck and Janis Joplin. She has sung on album s w ith Boz Scaggs, Lenny W h ite and Coke Escovedo. And, to top It off. she hea been voted the Beat Female Jezz Vocalist in the Bay Area for the pest tw o years in a row. Linda Tillsry w ill be p erfo rm in g at th e N o rth w e s t S ervice C enter, Friday. February 8. at 8 p.m . Tickets are 46.80 In advance, and 47.80 the day of the show. Tickets are available at A Woman's Piece Bookstore. 2348 SE Ankeny. Catbird Seat Bookstore, Artichoke Music and M other Kali's Bookstore In Eugene. The concert will be ASL Interpreted for the hearing Impaired, and the Northwest Service Center is w heelchair accessible. Childcare w ill be Mardi Gras Costume Ball Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Inc., Zeta Nu Chapter, presents their annual Mardi Gras Costume Ball. Saturday. February 23, 1985, at the Portland Me morial Coliseum in the Georgia Pacific Ballroom, 10 p.m. - 2 a m. 47.50 per person. Live entertainment, prizes for best female costume, best male cos tume, best couple costume, and most unusual costume. Proceeds to be used for Zeta Nu Chapter's Scholarship Fund. House of the Spirit Perspectives on Cambodian Health Care FREE Showings at IRCO, Monday, February 11 at Noon and 1:00 IRCO. 1827 NE 44th. 3rd Floor. 281-4499 * ! featuring "The Esquires" Friday, February 22 Melody Lane Ballroom 615 SE A ld e r Tracy Silver, Tamara M ark. Monique Cintron. Don Franklin. Gretrh an Palm ar. Debra Varnado and Clncy M cG ee tl-rl are young dancers trying to hit the big tim e in Columbia Picture's "Fast Forward,'* direct ad by Sidney Poitiar. ♦6°° ♦8°° in advance at the door T icket«: Ba»«, M u s ic M ille n iu m , K B O O "Fast Forward" coming soon "F ast F o rw a rd " is th e sto ry o f eig h t s m a ll-to w n teen ag ers from Sandusky, Ohio, w ho have big-tlm a dreams and leave hom e to go to N aw York to compote In a national talent contest. The talented and high spirited group call them selves "th e Adventurous E ight," snd include screen newcomers John Scott Clough as M a tt Sherman; Don Franklin as M ik s Stafford; Tam ara M a rk as June W olsky; Fatchan Palm ar as Valeria thom pson; Tracy Silver as M eryl Stanton; Debra Varnado as Dabble Hughes; Cindy M cG ee as Francine Hackett; and M onique Cin tron as Rita Diaz. The new dance musical introducaa a group of new faces In an angag ing dramatic exposition of how these daring youngsters set goals, face adversity and work together to survive all odds In making their dream come true. D irector Sidney Poitiar sees "Fast Forw ard" as "a picture as much about self sufficiency as it Is about dance. It Is a m ovie about young people w h o have taken hold o f th eir lives and taken responsibility. They go out using the pleasure principle of dancing but they use It to mold their destination, to captain their own ship." "Fast Forward" will be released Feb 15.1986. at a theater near you. Louisiana Ball I ovviti & t l.uk (. ollcgc and lof foison High S thixtl present; the Come one. come aN to the Louisiana Bail on Saturday. March 2. 1986. Eat from the tabiee spread wide, drink from the fountain that's never dry. Enter tainment by Ray Deii with "Lady Magic' Paulette, the Street Comer Sing era and Disco from 9:00 p.m. 'til 2.-00 a m. at the Royal Esquire Club, 1708 N.E. Alberta. 48 00 cover charge Free Gumbo friend chicken and cham pegne. Everyone welcome This show is produced by H£»K Production C leo P arker R obinson Dance Ensem ble Friday, February I5, l°B 5 8 p m „ Jefferson I ’et tot tilin g A i ts t e n te r I iikets: $7 general, $5 students/si niors $4 gro u p s o f 10 o r m ore A vail.ible.it I ewis & C l.uk (. ollege, 24 t o l d \57 8 BASS M eter & J r.ink lu k e t (. enters, 22o Ib05 I’ .C .L. Bimkstore, C .isc.ide t.inipus 283-2541 festival Seating. IX xtrs open at 7 p m Black history Celebration w ill begin at 11:45 a.m . and end at 12:45 p.m. On February 12th and 14th, a soul fiMid luncheon w ill be prepared by the federal building cafeteria staff, avail able to the public at modest prices. Black history w ill be featured in a tw o-day observance on February 12th and I4 (o at the G reen-W yatt Federal B u ild in g , 1220 S.W . T h ird Avenue. Sponsored by the Black E m ploym ent Program C om m ittee, the agenda w ill include a number o f speakers, singers, and other e n te r tainment from the Black community. The theme for this year will be, “ The A fr o A m e rica n F a m ily ; H is to ric a l Strengths fo r the Upcoming Century.” The celebration, to be held in the federal building lobby, is part o f the national observance o f February as Black H isto ry M o n th . A ll activities National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 284 7722 Featuring Jefferson graduates Dee D ee and Becky H ill Support our A Pubbc Service ot tho Portland (R n trver S** PORTLAND OBSER VER \-C^ B e n e fit K fcsQu i r e s p a g h e tti d in n e r F rid a y 's and S a tu rd a y 's In F e b ru a ry J 287 5145 The Reading Tree is sponsoring a benefit spaghetti dinner, Friday, Feb ruary 15, 1985, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m . at Augustana L utheran C hurch, N .E . 15th and Knott Streets. D onation w ill be $3.00 fo r adults and S I.50 for children under 12 years old. Dinner w ill be prepared by exec utive chef Jack Schmidt, member o f C hef de Cuisine Society. There w ill be e n te rta in m e n t and d o o r prizes, tickets are available at The Reading Tree office, King Neighborhood Fa- c lily , 4815 N.E. 7th, Room 10, or call Marie Tabor, 282-6925. / A 1708 N.E. 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